42-73138 Miss Fortune
Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg 22-Feb-44 with Goddard crew; fighters / flak, explosion starboard side of fuselage. 1 x POW, 10 x POW. MACR 2726
Flak was accurate and crew were fighting off 8x Me110's at the time of explosion, A/C then nosed down and was lost in the overcast.
Crew: 1st Lt. George Goddard, 2nd Lt. Haig Kandarian,Lt. Joseph Altemus, Lt. Charles Spickard and Staff Sgts. Oscar Houser, Harold Carter, Roy Hughes, Rexford Rhodes, John Goldbach and Wayne Nelson died. Sgt. Raymond Noury POW
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 98th Bomb Group 343rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17064193 / O-668813
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
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Crashed |
Nepomuk, Czech | 22 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Regensburg 22-Feb-44 with Goddard crew; fighters / flak, explosion starboard side of fuselage. 1 x POW, 10 x POW. MACR 2726 |
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Assigned |
Lecce, Italy | Assigned to 343BS, 98BG, 9AF USAAF. | |
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Manufactured |
Willow Run, Ypsilanti, MI | Built at Consolidated. |
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